fuel gauge probs
Submitted by grayzeee on Mon, 2010-03-08 05:54
hey guys
got honda motor / gauges so its the needle type , not digital.
was out today and tank was half full. stopped at 3 mile for a bit. re started motor and now fuel gauge doesn't move off of full except when you turn engine off.
any idea's on what that might be?
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Paul G
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Mine did that it was a wire
Mine did that it was a wire that had brocken three foot from the tank,the plastic cover was split and the wire coroided and brocken ,the other thin could be is the float is stuck inside the tank.but id check the wiring first
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kempy
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either broken wire or needs
either broken wire or needs new sender unit
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Auslobster
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If it's a new gauge/motor...
...sort it out through warranty. If not, work out your average fuel consumption over all rev ranges, and estimate your distance travelled BEFORE your trip as well as what sort of wind/weather to expect, and you won't even need a gauge.
dagree
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I would put money on Paul
I would put money on Paul G's first suggestion.... Sounds like a cable is touching an earth somewhere.
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grayzeee
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got into the boat tonight
got into the boat tonight and tried ignition. now gauge works sods law.
so got my head down in the bilge properly after taking seating out. massive corrosion around the male female connectors that supply bait/wash pump. so bad that 1 lead connector was completely corroded away (just a pile of dust)
going to have to get some proper sparky's tools and re connect with some new wire.
but how to make it corrosion resistant?? can you spray it all over with lanolin and heat shrink it??
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you can heat shrink it.maybe
you can heat shrink it.maybe make the cable longer so you can get it in a dry area,there is a tape you can get which has bees wax through it ,it is what we used on the cray boat for hose fittings ,it is fully water proof but is not cheap.
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till
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Bee's wax? Sounds crazy! How
Bee's wax? Sounds crazy!
How about Raychem, glue-lined heatshrink, its the bomb!
kempy
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dual wall heat shrink neva
dual wall heat shrink neva go a day without it
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